WEBVTT
REPORTER: TWO DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS WERE HIT IN THOSE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
IN HALF THE CASES, THE CARS WERE
UNLOCKED, THE OTHER HALF THE
THIEVES SMASHED AND GRABBED.
THEY SHATTERED THE WINDOW OF A
DEPUTY'S MARKED VEHICLE AND
STOLE GUNS.
AND POLICE SAY ONE OF THE
VICTIMIZED HOMEOWNERS HAS
SURVEILLANCE OF THE SUSPECTS
INSIDE HIS GARAGE ON REGENT
CRESCENT.
THE SUSPECTS TURNED UP AT AT
LEAST 6 HOMES, POSSIBLY MORE,
BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT A
SUNDAY MORNING AND BURGLARIZED
VEHICLES, INCLUDING A SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY'S CAR.
>> THEY BROKE THE WINDOW AND
STOLE A SHOTGUN AND A RIFLE FROM
THAT VEHICLE, FROM ITS LOCKED
GUN RACK.
REPORTER: IN OTHER CASES, THE
SUSPECTS GRABBED WHAT WAS FAST
AND EASY, INCLUDING CASH, DISNEY
TICKETS.
>> IT'S CREEPY.
DAVID ST. LAURENT, WHO HAS THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, SAYS THE
SUSPECTS GOT THE REMOTE FROM A
CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND
GOT INTO THE GARAGE, THEN TOOK
THEIR TIME LOOKING AROUND.
>> THEY GOT FLASHLIGHTS AND THEY
WENT THROUGH EVERY DRAWER, INTO
THIS CAR.
>> INTO YOUR REFRIGERATOR?
>> INTO THE REFRIGERATOR AND
THEY TOOK FOUR GATORADES.
REPORTER: HE KNOWS HE'S PARTLY
RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE 2 OF HIS 3
VEHICLES WERE UNLOCKED, BUT
NOTES THE SUSPECTS ALSO
SHATTERED WINDOWS TO GET WHAT
THEY WANTED.
THE FACT THAT THE SUSPECTS STOLE
POLICE WEAPONS AND WERE CREEPING
AROUND HIS GARAGE THOUGH WHILE
HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE UNAWARE
INSIDE IS REALLY ALARMING.
>> IF THEY HAD JUST OPENED THAT
DOOR, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY
HOUSE.
IT'S TERRIFYING.
REPORTER: POLICE ARE HOPING F
HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT
THEY ALSO RECOVERED SOME
EVIDENCE, INCLUDING FINGERPRINTS

Police in South Daytona are looking for the people who broke into numerous vehicles over the weekend -- among them, a sheriff's patrol car from which weapons were stolen.

Surveillance video shows one of the homes being targeted by thieves. Authorities hope it will lead to arrests.

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Two neighborhoods were hit during the overnight hours. In half the cases, the cars were unlocked. The thieves smashed and grabbed in the rest. They shattered the window of a deputy's marked vehicle and stole guns.

Police said one of the victimized homeowners has surveillance video of the thieves inside his garage on Regent Crescent. The thieves hit at least six homes, possibly more, between Saturday night and Sunday morning, and burglarized vehicles, including the sheriff's deputy's car.

"They broke the window and stole a shotgun and a rifle from that vehicle from its locked gun rack," South Daytona police Lt. Dan Dietrich said.

In other cases, the suspects grabbed what they could quickly and easily, including cash and Disney tickets.

"It's creepy," said David St. Laurent, who has the surveillance video. He said the thieves got the remote from a car parked in the driveway and got into the garage, then took their time looking around.

"They got flashlights and they went through every drawer, into this car, into the refrigerator and they took four Gatorades," St. Laurent said.

St. Laurent said he knows he's partly responsible because two of his three vehicles were unlocked, but he notes the suspects also shattered windows to get what they wanted. The fact that the suspects stole police weapons and were creeping around his garage though, while he and his family were unaware inside, is really alarming.

"If they had just opened that door, they would have been in my house. It's terrifying," he said.

Police are hoping to get help from the public, but they also recovered evidence, including fingerprints they hope will help them identify the thieves and put them behind bars.